Apparitions / Hauntings / Road Ghosts
by Ian · Published November 25, 2015 · Last modified May 31, 2020
The following description of the haunting is extracted from an article in the Kent and Sussex Courier entitled ‘The ghastly ghouls rumoured to haunt our sleepy district’ dating from 31 October 2008. ‘If you’re in the mood for a thrill, you could take your life in your hands and drive down the A21.
Combe Bank School was founded in 1924, but the Grade I listed Palladian style mansion it occupies dates from 1720 and was built for John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll (Born1693 – Died 9 November 1770).
English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales
by Ian · Published June 22, 2015 · Last modified December 10, 2018
The following tale entitled ‘The Princess of Canterbury’ was published in ‘English Fairy and Other Folk Tales’ (1890) by Edwin Sidney Hartland. ‘IN days of yore, when this country was governed by many kings, among the rest the King of Canterbury had an only daughter, wise, fair, and beautiful.
For 19 November 1691 there is a marriage record for a John Goffe of St Margaret’s, Rochester, widower, and Susanna Everest. This may be the same John Goffe who’s wife Mary, died on 4 June 1691 and just prior to this appeared as a crisis appartion to her children.
Apparitions / Haunted Hotels / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings
by Ian · Published September 25, 2013 · Last modified December 9, 2018
According to The Woolpack Inn’s website, this Grade II listed 600 year old building is haunted by a friendly Grey Lady that reputedly wanders the main building.
Apparitions / Dick Turpin / Haunted Pubs / Hauntings / Usual Suspects
by Ian · Published September 20, 2013 · Last modified November 19, 2018
Patrick Grafton-Green’s article entitled ‘Ghost called Barnard terrorising staff of Bickley pub’ was published on the This Is Local London news website on 17th September 2013.
The following article by Dan Bloom appeared on the on the Kent Online website 25 June 2013.
A woman saw a UFO "20 times the size of an aeroplane" while driving home on the M2 – but no-one else spotted it.
Ramhurst Manor House is a Grade II listed private residence on Powder Mill Lane dating from the 16th century or earlier. In the middle of the 19th century some strange experiences in the house resulted in it gaining a reputation for being haunted by members of the Children family who had resided there during the 18th century.
This 300 feet high round hill, historically surrounded by ancient woodland once had a beacon upon its summit which was part of the beacon chain used to warn of the approaching Spanish Armada during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Beast of Bexley / Big Cats / Cryptozoology
by Ian · Published December 18, 2012 · Last modified November 10, 2018
Alison White in a Newshopper article entitled ‘Sightings of big cats rocket in past month’ (30 December 2006) metions that ‘In April 2003, teenager Daniel Brown disturbed a giant black cat in the back garden of his home in Preston Drive, Welling.
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